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Wed Apr-06-11 10:07 AM
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Japan No 2 core melted through reactor vessel: Rep. Markey

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Edited on Wed Apr-06-11 10:08 AM by Turborama

Source: Reuters

20 mins ago-

The core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor has melted through the reactor pressure vessel, Democratic Congressman Edward Markey told a hearing on the nuclear disaster on Wednesday.

"I have been informed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the core of Unit Two has gotten so hot that part of it has probably melted through the reactor pressure vessel," said Markey, a prominent nuclear critic in the House of Representatives.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe)

Read more: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110406/tpl-uk-japan-markey-02bfc7e.html

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